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Post by Tross on Mar 9, 2014 1:34:09 GMT -5
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Post by OttselHero on Mar 9, 2014 11:22:33 GMT -5
That was thoroughly entertaining as well as fascinating. How a coupon ever had an unrestricted expiration date is beyond my comprehension. To be honest, considering how much longer the video had to go after he redeemed the coupon, I thought it was going to be denied and he'd get in an inflamed argument with the manager of Food Lion (never heard of this store, btw).
I also forgot how macabre the artwork for PC games used to look. I would remember feeling intimidated by the selection of PC games waaaaay back when Media Play was around (if any of you were in a Media Play store before the chain disbanded, you had an awesome childhood).
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Post by Tross on Mar 9, 2014 14:00:23 GMT -5
I've lived in BC Canada my whole life. I'm not familiar with most American stores, except for the major ones, like Target(which we now have in Canada, even though it's not quite as good here), Macy's, Fred Meyer, Vons(which is called Safeway around here), etc. Of course I'm familiar with GameStop, but that's about it, as far as videogame-centric retail in the US goes. I used to be a pc gamer, a long time ago. I'm thinking of getting back into pc gaming, but I'm waiting to see if that Steam OS thing pans out first. I do enjoy watching shows like LGR though, since they're informative, and entertaining. That particular episode is unusual, though. Usually the show consists entirely of a review of a pc game, but that one was more about the coupon than anything. Also, it made me crave pizza, which wasn't possible, since I watched that last night. Maybe I'll invite a friend over, show him that episode, and ask if he wants to order pizza.
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Post by OttselHero on Mar 9, 2014 15:28:07 GMT -5
I've lived in BC Canada my whole life. I'm not familiar with most American stores, except for the major ones, like Target(which we now have in Canada, even though it's not quite as good here), Macy's, Fred Meyer, Vons(which is called Safeway around here), etc. Of course I'm familiar with GameStop, but that's about it, as far as videogame-centric retail in the US goes. I used to be a pc gamer, a long time ago. I'm thinking of getting back into pc gaming, but I'm waiting to see if that Steam OS thing pans out first. I do enjoy watching shows like LGR though, since they're informative, and entertaining. That particular episode is unusual, though. Usually the show consists entirely of a review of a pc game, but that one was more about the coupon than anything. Also, it made me crave pizza, which wasn't possible, since I watched that last night. Maybe I'll invite a friend over, show him that episode, and ask if he wants to order pizza. To fill you in, Media Play was an entertainment retailer that started in 1992. The last store closed in 2006 (though I think the one near me closed sooner than that). Basically, each store consisted of sub-stores for movies, games, music, and books. It had everything you could ever want. It was like F.Y.E. only far better.
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Post by Tross on Mar 10, 2014 10:22:56 GMT -5
I've lived in BC Canada my whole life. I'm not familiar with most American stores, except for the major ones, like Target(which we now have in Canada, even though it's not quite as good here), Macy's, Fred Meyer, Vons(which is called Safeway around here), etc. Of course I'm familiar with GameStop, but that's about it, as far as videogame-centric retail in the US goes. I used to be a pc gamer, a long time ago. I'm thinking of getting back into pc gaming, but I'm waiting to see if that Steam OS thing pans out first. I do enjoy watching shows like LGR though, since they're informative, and entertaining. That particular episode is unusual, though. Usually the show consists entirely of a review of a pc game, but that one was more about the coupon than anything. Also, it made me crave pizza, which wasn't possible, since I watched that last night. Maybe I'll invite a friend over, show him that episode, and ask if he wants to order pizza. To fill you in, Media Play was an entertainment retailer that started in 1992. The last store closed in 2006 (though I think the one near me closed sooner than that). Basically, each store consisted of sub-stores for movies, games, music, and books. It had everything you could ever want. It was like F.Y.E. only far better. Sounds awesome. Canada used to have a videogame store chain called Microplay, which carried all games, regardless of age, and offered rentals, in addition to new and used games. Needless to say, it isn't around anymore. There is a store in my area that carries both modern and retro games, and is a great place to find obscure gems, offline. It carries other things too, like trading card games, among other things, but it's mostly a videogame store. For some reason it's called Mostly Music. It does carry music, but there's only one corner dedicated to it, so the name's a bit of a misnomer.
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